Integrated Circuit, Apparatus and Method for Communication Using Resource Block Groups

2. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 wherein a common signaling format is used for both continuous frequency resource allocation where the number of clusters is one, and non-continuous frequency resource allocation where the number of clusters is two or more.

3. The communication apparatus according to claim 2 wherein the common signaling format includes a type bit indicative of the number of clusters and allocation information indicative of the frequency resource allocation.

5. The communication apparatus according to claim 3 wherein the type bit is indicative of a restricted number of clusters.

6. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 wherein a total number of bits in a signaling format used for continuous frequency resource allocation where the number of clusters is one is equal to a total number of bits in a signaling format used for non-continuous frequency resource allocation where the number of clusters is two or more.

8. The communication method according to claim 7 wherein a common signaling format is used for both continuous frequency resource allocation where the number of clusters is one, and non-continuous frequency resource allocation where the number of clusters is two or more.

9. The communication method according to claim 8 wherein the common signaling format includes a type bit indicative of the number of clusters and allocation information indicative of the frequency resource allocation.

11. The communication method according to claim 9 wherein the type bit is indicative of a restricted number of clusters.

12. The communication method according to claim 7 wherein a total number of bits in a signaling format used for continuous frequency resource allocation where the number of clusters is one is equal to a total number of bits in a signaling format used for non-continuous frequency resource allocation where the number of clusters is two or more.